Two New High-Speed Rail Lines Open in China

It was a big day for high-speed rail…in China.

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December 29, 2017, 9:00 AM PST

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


The 1,312-kilometer-long Chongqing-Taiyuan high-speed rail line opened for service in China on December 28, 2017, along with the 300-kilomter-long Shijiazhuang-Jinan line. The Chongqing-Taiyuan line will make the trip in 9.5 hours.

A pair of articles on Xinhua Net provides images from opening day and a few facts about each. According to the article on the Shijiazhuang-Jinan, the openings represent "significant progress in the construction of the country's high-speed railway network, which involves four north-south routes and four east-west ones." 

Thursday, December 28, 2017 in Xinhua

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